RARE & ORIGINAL - 78 rpm RECORD CATALOGUES 1894-1952! - $1,000 (Boynton Beach)

RARE & ORIGINAL - 78rpm Record Catalogue These 78rpm catalogues virtually contain every commercial recording Victor, Columbia, etc. issued between the listed dates. They are totally original – date back 100 plus years. Available, gratis, from the many record shops throughout the country, older issues were discarded as new ones regularly appeared, hence, their rarity. Their contents contain invaluable information of what was out there, when it was out there and by whom.The strength of this collection is its value as a research vehicle – information not easily available anywhere else. During the teens and 1920’s, the majority of these record catalogues ran several hundred pages each and contained a section (in pink paper for Victor) for classical recordings. When Radio was commercially introduced in 1925, and later when the Depression hit, the number of pages and offerings were greatly reduced with top recording stars losing contracts and the very record industry in danger of bankruptcy (major companies diversified into radio and other free music venues for survival). Printed on semi-gloss paper (Victor, Columbia and few others) the interiors held well and are in excellent condition while defects occasionally appear on the covers, spine,etc. (see photos for these concerns). I grade this research collection as excellent to excellent plus. At list’s end, I also include a reproduction collection or super rare catalogue and issues from the earliest days of phonograph history. VICTOR (later RCA VICTOR) CATALOGUES AND SUPPLEMENTS 1912 (Jan), 1916 (2nd Ed), 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940-1,Red Seal Orthophonic Recordings -1927(Aug)-27pp-Not Photographed. Victor Supplements (usually issued monthly featuring Artist & Discs) 1915 (Feb), 1916 (Apr, May, June, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec), 1917 (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, June, Nov, Dec). 1918 (Jan, Apr, July, Aug, Sept), 1919 (May, Sept, Oct, Nov), 1920 (Jan, Aug, Oct). COLUMBIA (and Supplements).- 1913, 1915, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1937 (July).’Supplements 1920 (Feb). BRUNSWICK - 1922 (96pp), 1924 (142pp), 1925 (18pp), 1930 (140pp) EDISON 1915 (51pp), 1920 (Apr. 350), 1924 (495pp) VOCALION 1923 (80 pp). FOREIGN PARLOPHON – BEKA 1930-1 - 192pp PARLOPHONN –ODEON -1929 -88pp, c.1930’s - 181pp, 1937-8 - 158pp ODEON - 1934 (Aug) - 214pp POLYDOR - 1929 (Jul) -261p, 1932 - 295pp, 1938 - 222pp Zonophon - 1912-13 - 64pp PATHE - 1920, 1930 (Feb) - 142pp. GRAMMOPHON – 1923 -370pp, 1924 (Oct), 1934 (Sept) – 222pp SPECIAL ISSUES – HMV- 1952(Mar) – 96pp, HMV c.1925 Imported – 1929 -30pp. REPRODUCTIONS of EXTREMELY EARLY CATALOGS (IN ORDER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPEARANCE – LIKE NEW CONDITION) Oxford-Silvertone-1911-18(56pp), Columcia-1897(Jun), Gramophone-1899(Feb), Columbia(39pp),Victor(Photocopy), Columbia-41pp, HMV-1912(51pp),Pathe-1915-6(48pp), Emerson-23pp, Odeon-1914-4(17pp), Vocalion-1920(photocopy)Twin-1905, The Auxeto-Phonograph Brochure(14pp), Victor 2 Supplements(Jun & July 1906), Columbia Suppliment-Jun1906,Indestrutible-16pp, Fonotipa-!906(Dec.)-7pp, Ariel(@ Graves Dept Store), Edison-Bell(1906-Jan), Imperial-1929(53pp), Zonophone-1909(8pp), Duophone(Phonograph Brochure), Victor-1903(33pp).